Choosing a measuring tool
1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.SEP 3 · England: KS1 Working scientifically
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Question 1
What could you measure with a stopwatch or timer?
- A. how long a toy car takes to roll down a ramp
- B. how much milk is in a glass
- C. how cold the water in a pond is
- D. how warm the classroom is
Question 2
Kofi wants to find out which ball bounces highest. Which tool helps most?
- A. a metre stick (long ruler)
- B. a measuring jug
- C. a thermometer
- D. weighing scales
Question 3
Which tool would you use to measure how warm the classroom is?
- A. a measuring jug or cylinder
- B. a thermometer
- C. a stopwatch or timer
- D. a ruler or tape measure
Question 4
What could you measure with weighing scales?
- A. how long it takes to run 50 metres
- B. how tall a sunflower has grown
- C. how heavy an apple is
- D. how far a paper plane flew
Question 5
Which tool would show that the water in a bowl is getting colder?
- A. a magnifying glass
- B. a ruler
- C. a measuring jug
- D. a thermometer
Question 6
Which tool would you use to measure the temperature outside?
- A. a thermometer
- B. a measuring jug or cylinder
- C. a stopwatch or timer
- D. weighing scales
Question 7
What could you measure with a measuring jug or cylinder?
- A. how far a paper plane flew
- B. how heavy a pet hamster is
- C. how much water a plant is given
- D. how cold the water in a pond is
Question 8
Which tool would show that the water in a bowl is getting colder?
- A. a ruler
- B. a thermometer
- C. a measuring jug
- D. a magnifying glass
Question 9
Which tool would you use to measure how heavy a pet hamster is?
- A. a stopwatch or timer
- B. weighing scales
- C. a thermometer
- D. a ruler or tape measure
Question 10
What could you measure with weighing scales?
- A. how hot a cup of tea is
- B. the mass of a bag of flour
- C. how far a paper plane flew
- D. how warm the classroom is
Question 11
Zara wants to know if her bean plant grows taller each day. What should she use?
- A. a stopwatch
- B. weighing scales
- C. a ruler
- D. a thermometer
Question 12
Which tool would you use to measure how heavy an apple is?
- A. weighing scales
- B. a measuring jug or cylinder
- C. a ruler or tape measure
- D. a thermometer
Question 13
What could you measure with weighing scales?
- A. how heavy an apple is
- B. how much juice is in a carton
- C. how much rainwater was collected
- D. how long a toy car takes to roll down a ramp
Question 14
Which is the best tool to find out how long it takes a snail to cross a table?
- A. a thermometer
- B. a ruler
- C. a stopwatch
- D. a rain gauge
Question 15
Which tool would you use to measure how cold the water in a pond is?
- A. weighing scales
- B. a stopwatch or timer
- C. a ruler or tape measure
- D. a thermometer
Question 16
What could you measure with a measuring jug or cylinder?
- A. the mass of a pumpkin
- B. how much milk is in a glass
- C. how long an ice cube takes to melt
- D. how long a candle burns
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